⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mitch Johnson technical foul
Q2 8:46 · SA 30-25 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 9:11 · SA 30-34 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
